English Dictionary

deidentify

/ˌdiː.aɪˈdɛnt.ɪf.aɪ/

verb

To remove personal identifying information from data, sometimes preserving the original identification data separately; to anonymize data (though it may be possible to reidentify).

Researchers deidentify personal information to protect privacy.

意味（1）

To remove personal identifying information from data, sometimes preserving the original identification data separately; to anonymize data (though it may be possible to reidentify).

So the first step in anonymizing microdata is to “deidentify” (anonymize) the microdata by removing identifiers such as name of business and address (Willenbourg and de Waal 2001; Ramanayake and Zayatz 2010), but this can still leave[…]

意味（2）

To cease or forgo identifying (with).

[…] will be perceived by others in terms of the imputed qualities of the role, thus making it more difficult for the person to deidentify with that role.